diff --git a/src/app/components/search-bar.tsx b/src/app/components/search-bar.tsx
index 9d03063..6948006 100644
--- a/src/app/components/search-bar.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/search-bar.tsx
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ import { Icon } from "@iconify/react";
 
 export default function SearchBar() {
 	return (
-		<div className="max-w-md w-full flex rounded-xl focus-within:ring-[3px] ring-orange-200/75 transition shadow-md">
-			<input type="text" placeholder="Search..." className="bg-orange-300 border-2 border-orange-400 py-2 px-3 rounded-l-xl outline-0 w-full" />
-			<button className="bg-orange-400 p-2 w-12 rounded-r-xl flex justify-center items-center">
-				<Icon icon="ic:baseline-search" fontSize={24} />
+		<div className="max-w-md w-full flex rounded-xl focus-within:ring-[3px] ring-orange-400/35 transition shadow-md">
+			<input
+				type="text"
+				placeholder="Search..."
+				className="bg-orange-200 border-2 border-orange-400 py-2 px-3 rounded-l-xl outline-0 w-full placeholder:text-black/40"
+			/>
+			<button className="bg-orange-400 p-2 w-12 rounded-r-xl flex justify-center items-center cursor-pointer text-2xl transition-all hover:text-[1.75rem] active:text-2xl">
+				<Icon icon="ic:baseline-search" />
 			</button>
 		</div>
 	);
diff --git a/src/app/page.tsx b/src/app/page.tsx
index be71a88..20c453b 100644
--- a/src/app/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/page.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ export default function Page() {
 		<div className="max-w-7xl grid grid-cols-4 gap-4 max-lg:grid-cols-3 max-sm:grid-cols-2 max-[25rem]:grid-cols-1">
 			{/* testing purposes only */}
 			{[...Array(12)].map((_, index) => (
-				<div key={index} className="bg-zinc-50 rounded-3xl border-2 border-zinc-300 shadow-lg p-3 transition hover:scale-105">
+				<div
+					key={index}
+					className="bg-zinc-50 rounded-3xl border-2 border-zinc-300 shadow-lg p-3 transition hover:scale-105 hover:bg-cyan-100 hover:border-cyan-600"
+				>
 					<img src="https://placehold.co/600x400" alt="mii" className="rounded-xl" />
 					<div className="p-4">
 						<h3 className="font-bold text-2xl">Frieren</h3>